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At 66 pc, Jammu and Kashmir Records Highest Polling in 25 Years
SRINAGAR: The overall 66 per cent polling recorded in the five-phased Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, which concluded on Saturday, was the highest recorded in the state in the last 25 years. According to the states Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) .
89 cr disbursed as interim relief to flood-affected families: JandK govt
J-K Government said that 89 crores have been disbursed as interim relief amongst the flood affected families in Kashmir Valley. The information was given to Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah here during a high level meeting held on Monday. ���2849 families.
JandK floods: Helpline numbers
. set up several control rooms to facilitate rescue and relief operations. Control rooms at Srinagar, Jammu and New Delhi to monitor and coordinate rescue and relief operations can be reached at. Jammu and Kashmir House (011)-24611210 and 24611108; .
Most breathtaking cable car rides around the world
A days-long trek up some of the steepest inclines in the world isnt for everyone. Thankfully, many top tourist attractions around the world have taken note. Whether youre looking to experience the sacred Taoist beauty of Mount Huashan in China or.
Lifeline up: Jammu-Srinagar highway reopens
SRINAGAR: The crucial Jammu-Srinagar national highway reopened on Tuesday after remaining closed for a fortnight, spelling return of normalcy to the valley starved of relief material like water, food and medicines. The highway was blocked due to .
First batch of Haj pilgrims departs from Kashmir
The 275 pilgrims boarded the Air India flight from Srinagar to Madina at the Srinagar International Airport on Wednesday morning. This year, 7,007 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir are scheduled to perform the holy Muslim pilgrimage of Haj through the.
Watch: Supreme Courts Coal Verdict - Stain on Manmohans Legacy?
On a day BJP President Amit Shah holds his first rally in Jammu and Kashmir, we debate: can BJP repeat the Lok Sabha effect in the state? And is the BJPs mission to win Jammu and Kashmir or pitch Jammu versus Kashmir? We debate on The Buck Stops .
Modern weather forecasting system to be set up at Vaishno Devi in JandK
NEW DELHI: Ongoing flood fury in Jammu and Kashmir has prompted the Centre to decide setting up a modern weather forecasting system in the state which has, so far, largely remained off the radar of the central alert system. Though the Indian.
From Tihar jail, Subrata Roy tries selling New York hotel
Its hardly the $30,000 a night royal suite, but after five months in Indias biggest jail, the owner of the New York Plaza and Londons Grosvenor House is thrilled to be able to use a modest office as he tries to sell the iconic hotels. Sahara chief.
Russians buy $, hoard cash on rouble fears
Many Russians are buying dollars and hoarding cash, increasingly concerned by a slide in the rouble and wary of possible restrictions on bank withdrawals as President Vladimir Putin blames currency woes on speculators and the West. While there is.
AIADMK member commits suicide
CHENNAI: Distressed after chief minister J Jayalalithaa was jailed for corruption, a 45-year-old AIADMK member allegedly committed suicide in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, police said. Babu hanged himself from a tree close to his house near the temple town of .
Ceasefire violation: Pakistani forces fire mortars along LoC in Poonch and.
The Indian Army also retaliated and the exchange of fire stopped after 25 minutes. There was no casualty or damage to property on the Indian side. The Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also wrote on social networking site Twitter that.
Lalu Yadav unwell, admitted to Mumbai hospital for cardiac problem
He has been kept under the observation of hospitals director Dr Ramakant Panda and his reports are expected today. The 66-year-old politician has also held railway ministry from 2004 to 2009 under the UPA government. Lalu has been in news recently for .
Brisk Polling Recorded for Bypolls to Three LS, 33 Assembly Seats
Voting today began on a brisk note in by-elections to three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies spread across ten states, seen as a test of Narendra Modi governments popularity, especially as BJP braces for assembly elections in two states next .
Twitterati Tear Into Chetan Bhagat For Gaza Tweets
I think Chetan Bhagat needs to join history class on Israel and Palestine conflict. UNSC had 45 times condemn Israel. As of 2013, Israel had been condemned in 45 resolutions by United Nations Human Rights Council since its creation in 2006���the Council .
Elections 2014 Phase 7 round up: Bengal records 81 pc voter turnout; 73 pc.
Voting began on a peaceful note for phase 7 of Lok Sabha elections. Several heavyweights, including L K Advani, Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi are in the fray. Here are the highlights: 7.20 pm: West Bengal records highest voter turnout for 9 seats with .
Haqs Musings: India is the Worlds Murder Capital
Overall, five million cases of crime, including murder, rape and drug offenses, were reported in India in 2007-08, the report compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and released by the Indian home ministry says.. Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh are among the most dangerous in terms of gunshot fatalities, with Manipur reporting 6.11 firearm deaths per one lakh population, the highest for any single state in India.
HR News May 19, 2014 - human rights news bulletin
(New Indian Express 15/5/14). 5. RTI activists nail govt on huge expenditure (1). Shillong, May 14: The Meghalaya government is incurring huge expenditure on political appointees, with whistle-blowers calling it ���mind-boggling���... According to ACB records, the highest number of erring officials caught this year was from the state home department (87), followed by the revenue department (79), municipal corporations (25), state electricity distribution company (16)��.
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Why is this significant because I have two sisters and a brother in the US one sister who lives in New York has a son who is twenty years old and I have numerous friends from the West Indies with sons who live in various.. Massive turnout in JandK: 70 pc voting recorded.. Separatist groups, like the factions of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, had called for a boycott of the polls and a general strike as well.. This is awesome news for India.
The Mossad Strikes In Mumbai | Real Jew News
���Israeli counter-terrorism experts are now touring Jammu and Kashmir and several other states in India at the invitation of Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani to make an assessment of New Delhis security needs. The Israeli team... Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Israeli experts surveyed the 198 km international border in Jammu and Punjab and reviewed the route of the Samjhauta Express with top officials of the Border Security Force. ���Subsequently��.
Haqs Musings: US Blames Pak Fertilizer For IEDs in.
The most recent figure released by the Mexican government on the number of dead during the last 4 years is just over 34,000, according to Los Angeles Times. Its the.. Regionally speaking, Manipur, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh are among the most dangerous in terms of gunshot fatalities, with Manipur reporting 6.11 firearm deaths per one lakh population, the highest for any single state in India. The figure is 1.72 for��.
Arundhati Roy on Indias Military Occupation of Kashmir
They have shrugged off the terror of living their lives in the gun-sights of half a million heavily armed soldiers, in the most densely militarized zone in the world. After 18 years of administering a military occupation, the Indian��.
Anna Hazare and Indias second revolution - Global Public.
Late August is not customarily a time when Indias aggrieved and long-suffering citizens gather in New Delhis public parks to express their disenchantment with the government in office. The near incessant monsoon rains, the... If you are an Indian living in India, you would have seen how many human right activists from India are fighting for human rights in INDIAN state of Jammu and Kashmir as well as in other states of India. Kashmir is topic of India just like its of��.
Haqs Musings: Demolishing Indian War Myths about Pakistan
According to Shekhar Gupta, the editor of Indian Express, Harbkhash Singh recounts that a bigger disaster struck a bit to the south where the other division cracked up in assault, just as it encountered a bit of resistance. Several infantry battalions.. On 25 August, Pakistani soldiers launched a covert operation across the ceasefire line, established in 1949 after the first Indo-Pakistani war, into Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Since then there have been a��.
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. Trust of India. Mukul Roy holds out open threat to cops Indian Express... A record one billion people are hungry worldwide and a new report says the number is only going to increase if governments dont start spending more on agriculture.. In this section, terrorist act has the same meaning as in Explanation to article 248 of the Constitution of India as applicable to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 4.. More than half the Metro coaches are 25 years or older.
Rethinking Islam with Sultan Shahin
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader, former MP and member of Aligarh Muslim University Court Wasim Ahmad who has been a candidate for the presidentship of the executive council formed by the President of India has written a letter to... Full report at: Indian Express. ----------. Malik tells BJP not to hoist flag at Lal Chowk. By Naseer Ganai. January 05, 2011. JAMMU and Kashmir Liberation Front ( JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday cautioned the��.
Haqs Musings: Musharrafs Economic Legacy
Pakistan positioned itself as one of the four fastest growing economies in the Asian region during 2000-07 with its growth averaging 7.0 per cent per year for most of this period. As a result of strong.. Mirwaiz confirmed to the Indian Express in a recent interview that the four-point formula proposed by former Pakistani President Musharraf is being revived to try and settle the Kashmir issues... Credit for purchases of consumer durables was down by 25% year on year.
HR News: July 28, 2014 - human rights news bulletin
(New Indian Express 19/7/14). 2. Tamil Nadu dalit woman beaten to death by non-dalit husband, in-laws (2). CUDDALORE: A 28-year-old dalit woman was beaten to death and buried by her non-dalit husband and in-laws at... Over 8 lakh malnourished children in Gujarat; Vadodara records highest numbers (14). In 2013-14, no loans were granted under the microfinance scheme in Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Orissa.
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The Bhutanese King has requested the Indian government to restrain Tai Situ Rinpoche, mentor of 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje, from travelling to Bhutan, top government sources said, The New Indian Express reported. It is learnt that Situ Rinpoche, who.. Srinagar, March 19: In occupied Kashmir, the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and has never been a part of India. Gilani in response to the��.
Haqs Musings: Pakistan Rupee in Sharp Decline as.
The drop in rupee and foreign exchange reserves is happening in spite of the fact that remittances from overseas Pakistanis are setting new record highs and IMF bailout funds are also being disbursed. Overseas... Its certainly preferable to the continued high levels of poverty and huger that people in Indian democracy are suffering for the last 66 years.. December 10, 2013 at 8:25 AM.. Heres an Express Tribune report on youth business loans in Pakistan:
HR News: June 9, 2014 - human rights news bulletin
Farzana Parveen, 25, was attacked outside Lahores grand high court building by more than two dozen brick-wielding attackers including her brother and father, who has been arrested, police said.. (New Indian Express 2/6/14). 7. Enhance old age pension, food grain amount: NHRC. Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended the State Government to enhance the amount paid as old age pension and the quantity of food��.
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New Delhi, 25 November ��� The need for inclusive and innovative education was the key themes of the inaugural UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) Distinguished... Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday registered a record 71.28 percent turnout in the first phase of incident-free Assembly elections when people ignored boycott calls by separatists and cold conditions to cast their votes in 15 constituencies.